Acting President Arturas Paulauskas, left, called a special meeting of the State Defense Council for Wednesday after anticorruption officers raided the offices of four major political parties. He would not say whether a run-off presidential election...

Lithuania set June 13 as the date for a special presidential election to replace Rolandas Paksas, who was removed from his post last week after being impeached for abuses of office that included links to Russian mobsters and divulging state secrets....

The Lithuanian Parliament removed President Rolandas Paksas from office on Tuesday, ending a political scandal that has roiled the country for nearly six months even as it celebrated its new membership in NATO and the European Union. The...

The country's highest court ruled that President Rolandas Paksas violated the Constitution by granting citizenship to a Russian businessman and campaign supporter. The decision cleared the way for Parliament to vote on his impeachment as early as...

Russia ordered the expulsion of three Lithuanian diplomats after Lithuania expelled three Russian diplomats last month, accusing them of improperly gathering sensitive information on the impeachment process of the country's president, Rolandas...

The Constitutional Court began impeachment hearings against President Rolandas Paksas after refusing a request by his lawyers to suspend all the judges for being biased. The court ruled in late December that Mr. Paksas had breached the Constitution...

Parliament opened formal hearings to impeach President Rolandas Paksas, then promptly adjourned to await a ruling by the Supreme Court on the charges against him. Mr. Paksas's political opponents accuse him of abusing his office by aiding a Russian...

The government has expelled three Russian diplomats it accused of seeking, among other things, confidential information on the impeachment process against President Rolandas Paksas, according to the Foreign Ministry. The impeachment charge against...

A parliamentary commission concluded that there were sufficient legal grounds for impeaching President Rolandas Paksas, clearing the way for a final vote in April. Mr. Paksas is accused of violating the Constitution and his presidential oath and of...

The Constitutional Court ruled that President Rolandas Paksas violated the Constitution when he helped a Russian businessman with reputed links to organized crime gain Lithuanian citizenship. The decision provides a legal underpinning to impeachment...